Somewhere safe You just dont know when you are going to need it
1 litre of 15W-40 motor oil weighs 840grams
jmma,
Jan 23, 8:12pm
Wonders what 1 Litre of 20w 50 would way? (o:
curlcrown,
Jan 23, 8:14pm
Way more.
lissa25,
Jan 23, 8:17pm
So if I remove the oil from my car I will be shaving off just over 4kg which should make it go faster since it will weigh less!
sr2,
Jan 23, 8:20pm
So it's lighter than distilled water?
mojo49,
Jan 23, 8:23pm
We will just have to weight and see who weighs into the argument. Either whey I await an answer as to which weighs more, 20W-50 or 15W-40. Way too late at night for me to weight for an answer, so I will weigh anchor for the day and on my way past in the morning might pass this weigh.
sprinter51,
Jan 23, 8:25pm
It??
mojo49,
Jan 23, 8:37pm
Oil is less dense than water. Every seen it sink to the bottom of a container with water in it. That's why you use foam and not water on an oil fire. Try heating some cooking oil on the stove, leave the element on high until it bursts into flame, pour water on it to put out the fire. The result is like one of those oozing lava volcanoes in Tahiti only a bit quicker. Wear heavy boots to avoid burnt toes.
brapbrap8,
Jan 23, 9:18pm
Yes, and you should drain the coolant out too for even more weight savings!
sr2,
Jan 23, 9:30pm
Obvious point, go to the top of the class; bottom line is specific gravity (i.e. mass vs. volume).
sprinter51,
Jan 23, 9:36pm
In testing the theory of a dirty car getting better mpg Mythbuster went on to further test the "golfball" effect To do this they plastered a car with clay, many pounds of it Although this added weight to the car, once up to speed, the fuel consumption was still the same as a normal car. It was noted the car did use more fuel to start with to get it up to speed Conclusion: If you are going a lot of stop start driving, yes throw the weight out On a road trip, nah leave the oil and water in :-)
quickbuck,
Jan 23, 9:43pm
That is all miniscule savings compared to the 50kg of fuel in the back. Get rid of that!
lookoutas,
Jan 24, 5:35am
You'd better hope you don't pass whey.
elect70,
Jan 24, 1:56pm
That reminds me I bought 2x 4 litre packs of castrol magnatec from SC & did an oil change , takes 6 litres inc filter but i had to put both packs full in to get it to full mark on dipstick & measured what I took out , almost 6 litres . I reckon they had only been filled to 3 litres . perhaps i will take a spring scale with me to weigh them next time .
twincam1,
Jan 24, 2:03pm
Did you not look at level scale on side of bottles when you bought them?
trogedon,
Jan 25, 11:06am
No wonder my VW Beetle is so FAST! It only holds 2 1/5 litres of oil.
jmma,
Jan 25, 1:43pm
and no water! (o:
trogedon,
Jan 25, 2:25pm
True. My cousin and I used to naively think they were fast because they had two exhaust pipes when most cars had only one.
chevcamaro,
Jul 24, 8:14pm
wait 4 it
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